Species Xerus inauris (Zimmermann, 1780) (Cape ground squirrel)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Sciuridae
  • ----- species: Xerus inauris
Characteristics:omnivore; body-length: 45 cm; the fur is cinnamon on the back and white on the face, belly, and insides of the leg; on the flanks are characteristic white stripes; the bushy tail is as long as the body itself and covered with long whitish hair; the ears are simple openings on the side of the head and the eyes are fairly large;
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:

AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 192
Date: 2011-04-16
Place: near Corridor 18, Omaheke district, Namibia
Creator: Christfried Naumann
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Date: 2009-03-29
Place: near Mata-Mata/Auob, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Creator: Taa DoBeS team (Boden/Güldemann/Naumann)
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Date: 2013-02-12
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Creator: Simon J. Tonge
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Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/36996580@N07/3408489494/sizes/o/
Date: 2006-08-09
Creator: Neil Strickland
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: title 'Xerus_inauris'
Source: wikimedia
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Date: 2006-04-30
Place: Corridor Pos 18, Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Christfried Naumann
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Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/6492762723/sizes/o/
Date: 2011-11-08
Place: Northern Cape Rural, South Africa
Creator: Bernard DUPONT
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: title 'Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris)'
Date: 2011-04-16
Place: near Corridor 18, Omaheke district, Namibia
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
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